Growing Up Disabled in Australia
By: Carly Findlay
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives - a group whose voice…
Want to Read $ 18.34"I want to sit with my best friend and ask about bras, scars, tingling sensations and numb nipples. Instead, I’m stuck having clinical conversations."-Carly Findlay, Growing Up Disabled in Australia
"I want to sit with my best friend and ask about bras, scars, tingling sensations and numb nipples. Instead, I’m stuck having clinical conversations."-Carly Findlay, Growing Up Disabled in Australia
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1. Lola in the Mirror
By: Trent Dalton
4.41
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more
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- australia
- audiobook
2. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)
By: Nghi Vo
4.24
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more
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- short stories
- audiobook
3. Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All
By: Hannah Ferguson
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The Founder of Cheek Media Co. delivers the conversations we've been missing on everything from die… read more
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- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
4. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
By: Anita Heiss
4.17
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Gundagai, 1852The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in … read more
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- australia
- audiobook
"Using Wiradjuri language on the cover of my novel makes a strong statement … regarding the reclamation and maintenance of the traditional language of my family."-Anita Heiss, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
5. Dropbear
By: Evelyn Araluen
4.13
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
I told you this was a thirst so great it could carve rivers. This fierce debut from award-winnin… read more
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- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- essays
- audiobook
6. How We Love: Notes on a Life
By: Clementine Ford
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A deeply personal exploration of love in all its forms from a feminist icon and bestselling author … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- essays
- audiobook
7. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
By: Emma Carey
4.38
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
From a terrible accident that left her paraplegic, Emma Carey has become an inspiration for hundred… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- disability
- audiobook
8. The Space Between the Stars
By: Indira Naidoo
4.06
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
"A tender, touching and at times bloody funny meditation on life. And death. And how to live." - D… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
9. The Yield
By: Tara June Winch
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has been spen… read more
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- australia
- audiobook
"My mummy, she said, 'The Aborigine is a pity, my son.' She said everyone was always insulted by her no matter what she did, so she let herself do the most insulting thing she could think of - take th…"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
"The story goes that the church brought time to us, and the church, if you let it, will take it away. I’m writing about the other time, though, deep time. This is a big, big story. The big stuff goes …"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
"I was born on Ngurambang — can you hear it? — Ngu-ram-bang. If you say it right it hits the back of your mouth and you should taste blood in your words. Every person around should learn the word for …"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
"The evidence of their civilisation, after so many years of farming, was difficult to find on the surface of the land. But they said it was embedded in the language of Albert’s dictionary, that with t…"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
10. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
By: Grace Tame
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
11. I Don't: The Case Against Marriage
By: Clementine Ford
4.13
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against mar… read more
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- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
12. Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge
By: Bri Lee
3.65
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Bri Lee, best-selling and award-winning author of Eggshell Skull, asks Who gets to be smart? in thi… read more
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- australia
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
13. Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech
By: Julia Gillard
4.28
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly an… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- essays
- audiobook
14. Ready When You Are
By: Gary Lonesborough
4.20
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more
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- australia
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are
15. Another Day in the Colony
By: Chelsea Watego
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing an… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- essays
- audiobook
16. Finding the Heart of the Nation - The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and Truth
By: Thomas Mayor
4.44
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
'On 26 May 2017, a historic moment at Uluru gave this country hope. Those custodians came together,… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
17. Tell Me Again
By: Amy Thunig
4.41
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- disability
- audiobook
"Chapter 20-Part 2 "The hardest part of childhood with parents with these and are criminalised, isn’t necessarily life inside your home, it's how you are treated and mistreated by those outside your h…"-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again
"I have been reading Amy Thunigs book. And this quote stood out to me. I really think this explains a lot about how AOD stigma and harmful prohibition drug policies that disproportionately criminalize…"-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again
18. Eggshell Skull
By: Bri Lee
4.36
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
"The ugly parts of my life kept crashing into the beautiful ones."-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of fucks to give"-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of ducks to give."-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
"Only skinny enough when starving, only successful enough when exhausted."-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
19. Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
By: Chloé Hayden
4.34
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
"Our identities make us who we are, and all aspects of our identities are important, including (maybe even specifically) our disabilities."-Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
20. The Work
By: Bri Lee
3.43
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more
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- audiobook
21. The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD
By: Matilda Boseley
4.45
Format: 433 pages, ebook
Matilda Boseley’s adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a presc… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- disability
- audiobook
22. Anything But Fine
By: Tobias Madden
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Luca is ready to audition for the Australian Ballet School. All it takes to crush his dreams is one… read more
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- audiobook
"What is it about hot jocks being dorky that is so impossible to resist?"-Tobias Madden, Anything But Fine
23. The Year the Maps Changed
By: Danielle Binks
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 199… read more
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- australia
- audiobook
"Maps lie. Or at least, they don’t always tell the truth. They’re like us humans that way."-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed
"Lately I’d been wondering what piece Mum took with her when she died, and I’d been thinking about the Winnie I would have been if she hadn’t."-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed
"I was eleven when everything started and twelve by the end. But that’s another way that maps don’t tell the whole truth – because it felt like the distance I travelled was a lot further than that."-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed
"my mum used to say that you had two hands:one to help yourself,and one t help others". then she sighed "though sometimes i wonder if the hand we use to help others moves a bit slower and with less pu…"-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed
24. Australia Day
By: Stan Grant
4.16
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can rea… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- australia
- essays
- audiobook
"Storytellers work with and against history. In history we find difference and conflict, yet the storyteller must find us in each other."-Stan Grant, Australia Day
25. The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (Quarterly Essay #92)
By: Alan Kohler
4.31
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
What caused Australia's housing crisis -- and how we might fix it One of the great mysteries of Au… read more
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- australia
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
26. See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
By: Jess Hill
4.66
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria’s dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone … read more
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- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
"I don't bash you with my fists, I bash you with my emotions, to keep you under control."-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
"I explain patriarchy as a dual system of power: men's power over women, and some men's power over other men. - Michael Kimmel"-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
"Mangan is adamant: women's violence may cause distress to men in abusive relationships, but men are almost never in danger of being killed."-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
"Whether perpetrators abuse strategically or on impulse, however, they usually have one thing in common: a supercharged sense of entitlement."-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
27. Late Bloomer: How an Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life
By: Clem Bastow
4.15
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Introducing a bold new voice in Australian nonfiction, Late Bloomer is a heartfelt coming-of-age me… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
28. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience
By: Veronica Gorrie
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
29. Growing Up Disabled in Australia
By: Carly Findlay
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives - a group whose voice… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- anthologies
- biography memoir
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
- australia
- disability
- audiobook
"I want to sit with my best friend and ask about bras, scars, tingling sensations and numb nipples. Instead, I’m stuck having clinical conversations."-Carly Findlay, Growing Up Disabled in Australia
30. I Choose Elena
By: Lucia Osborne-Crowley
4.44
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Aged fifteen and on track to be an Olympic gymnast, Lucia Osborne-Crowley was violently raped on a … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- australia
- disability
31. Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia (Quarterly Essay #85)
By: Sarah Krasnostein
4.16
Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition
Around one-fifth of Australians will suffer from mental illness in any given year. And the pandemic… read more
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- australia
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
